. >> ah, look at you segue! look at you segue! you must do this for a living, baby! tavis: [laugh] 20 years, i been working at it. i really do love the title, though, "my brave year of firsts: tries, sighs and high fives." this is your 10th one. >> i know. tavis: does it feel like 10? >> well, look, i'm barely out of high school. i got 840 combined on my sats, combined. tavis: you beat me. >> no, i did not. i did not. therefore, the idea that at some point in my life i would end up an author of books for children is and was a kind of crazy idea that would never have been in my game plan, not that i have a game plan. yes, 10 books 20 years later, it's an astonishing experience for me. tavis: where'd the idea for the first one come from? >> my little girl. tavis: how did you get in this lane? >> i was an actor for hire. i was married, you know, to this really interesting guy. tavis: 28 years now. >> i know, coming up december. my four-year-old, my annie, walked into my room -- swear, walked into my office. i was sitting at my desk and she walked in and went, "when i wa